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ArticleArchivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis2016

Does TSH Trigger the Anti-thyroid Autoimmune Processes? Observation on a Large Cohort of Naive Patients with Thyroid Hemiagenesis.

Ewelina Szczepanek-Parulska, Ariadna Zybek-Kocik, Kosma Woliński, Barbara Czarnocka, Marek Ruchała

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Ewelina Szczepanek-ParulskaDepartment of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Przybyszewskiego 49, 60-355, Poznan, Poland.
Ariadna Zybek-KocikDepartment of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Przybyszewskiego 49, 60-355, Poznan, Poland.
Kosma WolińskiDepartment of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Przybyszewskiego 49, 60-355, Poznan, Poland.
Barbara CzarnockaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland.
Marek RuchałaDepartment of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Przybyszewskiego 49, 60-355, Poznan, Poland. mruchala@ump.edu.pl.

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Thyroid hemiagenesis (THA) is a rare abnormality characterized by the absence of one thyroid lobe. Elevated thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level and higher incidence of thyroid diseases were reported in THA. The aim of the study is to evaluate the thyroid autoimmunity incidence in patients with THA and influence of higher than average TSH level on thyroid volume (TV) and its change with age. The study included a group of naive patients with THA and a control group of subjects with bilobate thyroid. All patients underwent clinical examination, thyroid ultrasound, scintiscan and laboratory tests. In the studied and control group the presence of thyroid autoantibodies (TAb) was evaluated. The THA group consisted of 65 patients. In THA group 53.85 % of patients were positive for TAb. Patients with positive TAb were older (46.0 ± 18.3 years) than those with negative (35.0 ± 19.8 years); p = 0.02. The incidence of TAb was lower in controls (13.85 %, p < 0.0001). In the study group, positive correlation between the age and TV (r = 0.46, p = 0.0001), and negative correlations between the age and TSH level (r = -0.31, p = 0.01), and TSH concentration and TV (r = -0.35, p = 0.004) were found. In a subgroup of 30 patients with THA negative for TAb, even stronger correlations were observed. The median single lobe volume and median TSH level were higher in patients with THA when compared to controls (13.60 vs 8.20 ml, p < 0.0001; 3.23 vs 1.48 µU/ml, p < 0.0001, respectively). Patients with THA constitute an in vivo model of long-term thyroid TSH overstimulation. Further studies are needed to reveal, whether TSH overstimulation may be the trigger for thyroid autoimmunity.

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